This is not just any old Sunday, it's El Clásico day. At 9.00pm CET, FC Barcelona v Real Madrid is set to kick off at the Spotify Camp Nou, fulfilling the LaLiga matchday 10 fixture. It's the first meeting between the Catalans and the Madrilenians this 2026/27 season and is always a very special match, and as Hansi Flick said in the prematch press conference, "it's one of the best the sport can offer".

The blaugranes come into the game against the all-whites as outright leaders of LaLiga. FC Barcelona have earned maximum points this season from the nine matches played so far. Real Madrid currently sit third and six points behind in the table on 21 points.

The squad

With another three points the aim, Hansi Flick has called up 23 players for the Clásico squad: Joan Garcia, Cancelo, Balde, Fariñas, Cubarsi, Gavi, Fermín, Pedri, G. Jesus, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Xavi Espart, Szczesny, Adeyemi, Rodrigo, Gordon, Gerard Martin, De Jong, Bernal, Livakovic, Abdelkarim, Orian Goren and Àlex Campos.